Important Events in 1787
- May 13 Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia
- May 14 Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US Constitution
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1787 in Music
- Aug 10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his chamber piece "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (A Little Serenade)
- Aug 24 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526
- Oct 29 Opera "Don Giovanni", music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte premieres at the National Theater of Bohemia in Prague
Karl Ferdinand von Graefe
Louis-Jacques DaguerreFamous People in 1787
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical Musician and Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWorld Leaders in 1787
- Louis XVI
King of France - William Pitt the Younger
British Prime Minister
Louis XVI
William Pitt the YoungerFamous Weddings in 1787
- Mar 11 Naval officer Horatio Nelson (28) weds Frances Nisbet at Montpelier Estate on the island of Nevis
Famous People Who Died in 1787
- Jan 1 Arthur Middleton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 44
- Feb 12 Ruggiero Boscovich, Italian physicist, astronomer and philosopher, dies at 75
- Feb 13 Ruđer Bošković, Croatian scientist and diplomat (b. 1711)
- Feb 13 Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat, dies at 67
- Mar 2 Jean Allamand, Swiss-Dutch natural philosopher, dies at 73
More Famous Deaths
1787 in Articles and Photos
How Australia Was Born
Captain Arthur Phillip commanded a fleet of British ships carrying convicts to New South Wales on this day, effectively founding the British colony of Australia.
May 13, 1787Constitution of the United States
Page one of the original copy of the Constitution of the United States
September 17, 1787
